Notion

Freemium

By AI Bookmarks Editorial Team, Directory editors Last reviewed 2026-10-23

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Block-based workspace that combines notes, documents, databases and project views, free for individuals and billed per member for teams.

Quick facts

Pricing	Freemium
Free tier	Yes — free plan for individuals, with upload, history and block limits
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Developer	Notion Labs
Launched	2016
Website	https://www.notion.so/

What Notion is

Notion is a workspace application from Notion Labs, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco. Pages are built from blocks — text, tables, images, files, embeds, code — and any page can be turned into a database with table, board, calendar, timeline, gallery or chart views, so the same content can serve as a personal notes app, a team wiki, a project tracker or a lightweight CRM without switching tools. Notion AI adds writing help, summarisation and Q&A over workspace content, and Notion Agent carries out multi-step tasks using workspace context and connected apps. Around that core sit Notion Calendar, Notion Mail, forms, and a publisher that turns pages into public websites. The free plan works for individuals; paid plans are billed per member and lift block, upload and history limits while adding collaboration, admin and security features. A REST API and an official MCP server let scripts and AI agents read and write pages. The limits are real: it is not a spreadsheet for heavy calculation, and offline use is narrower than in local-first note apps.

Best for

Team wikis and internal documentation
Project and task tracking kept next to the documents
Lightweight databases that need several views of one dataset

Not ideal for

Heavy spreadsheet modelling and large-scale data analysis
Teams that need a fully offline, local-first note app

Pros

One workspace covers notes, documents, databases and project views
Templates and a large community make starting points easy to find
Free plan is usable for individual work, not just a trial

Cons

Page load and search slow down as a workspace grows large
Block-based editing takes new team members time to learn
AI, admin and permission features sit behind the paid tiers

Pricing in detail

Free covers individual use, with limits on file uploads (5 MB per file), page history (7 days) and collaborative blocks. Plus is US$10 per member per month and adds unlimited uploads, 30-day history and custom sites. Business is US$20 per member per month and adds Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search and SAML SSO. Enterprise is quoted per organisation with audit logs, SCIM provisioning and zero data retention with LLM providers. Annual billing costs less than monthly, and prices vary by region.